New Delhi, July 3 -- India is likely to receive three of the six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters ordered for the Army by the end of this month - after a delay of about 15 months, according to media reports.

The development comes after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, in a telephone call with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth, sought fast-tracking deliveries of the combat helicopters and GE F404 engines that will power India's LCA Tejas, the Indian Express said in a report.

India and the United States signed a $600 million deal to procure six additional Apache helicopters for the Army in 2020, following a contract to procure 22 helicopters for the Indian Air Force in 2015.

The six Apache helicopters were supposed to be delivered in t...